Critical Writing Index

Impossible love: Video tape by Candice Reckinger

by Jamirte Trott

Video Guide, Mar. 1985, v. 7, no. 2, p. 5

Impossible Love is a fictional story dealing with the possibility of a meaningful exchange between men and women in the realm of language. The story unfolds in a fragmented narrative of video montage and text. The woman is refered to as non-historical, fragmented, non-existent and utterly helpless. Reviewed by Jamirte Trott, the writer believes that the concept of a woman as a helpless victim can no longer be conceived.

ITEM 1985.100 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Impossible LoveCandace Reckinger